Posted on 04/19/2007 9:09:42 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat John Edwards is trying to get out of a hairy situation, reimbursing his presidential campaign $800 for two visits with a Beverly Hills stylist. Two $400 cuts by stylist Joseph Torrenueva, who told The Associated Press that the former North Carolina senator is a longtime client, showed up on Edwards' campaign spending reports filed this weekend. Edwards spokesman Eric Schultz said it never should have been there.
"The bill was sent to the campaign. It was inadvertently paid," Schultz said. "John Edwards will be reimbursing the campaign."
Edwards is also the subject of a popular YouTube spoof poking fun at his youthful good looks. The video shows the candidate combing his tresses to the dubbed-in tune of "I Feel Pretty."
Federal Election Commission records show Edwards' campaign also spent $250 in services from Designworks Salon in Dubuque, Iowa, and $225 in services from the Pink Sapphire in Manchester, N.H.
Schultz said those services were legitimate campaign expenditures to prepare Edwards for media appearances.
Political candidates often have hair and makeup done before media appearances. Edwards rival Hillary Rodham Clinton got some attention last year when her campaign paid $2,500 for two hairstyling sessions that the campaign classified as media production expenses.
NO MAN who gets their hair cut in a place called the “Pink Saphire” should ever be president. I mean, come on!
I’d like to know when he’ll repay the doctors and hospitals he bankrupted once the evidence came out that his lawsuits were junk-science based. I’ll not hold my breath.
Seems like these “mistakes” happen with some degree of regularity with this guy. Doesn’t seem that long ago that he was coercing Walmart (yes Walmart) to sell him a PS3 when they were in short supply. That turned out to be a “unfortunate mistake” as well. LOL.
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